Window-shade holder.



H. A. MOWREY.

WINDOW SHADE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 24, 1913.

1,0 9,252, Patented Mar. 3, 1914.

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HARVEY A. MOWREY, OF BLAGKFOOT, IDAHO.

WINDOW-SHADE HOLDER.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARVEY A. MOWREY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Blackfoot, in the county of Bingham and State of Idaho, have invented new and useful Improvements in Window-Shade Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to combined shade roller and curtain pole supports and more particularly to that type to be adjustably secured to the sash so that the window may be raised and lowered and proper ventilation at the top of the window secured.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a device of this character wherein the curtain supporting pole and the shade brackets are made adjustable so as to accommodate the device for different widths of windows, the device being so constructed that the shade brackets and curtain pole are independently adjustable.

Further objects of the invention will appear as the following description is read in connection with the accompanying drawing, which forms a part of this application, and in which Figure 1 is a front elevation with the parts broken away. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view through the window frame showing the device in top plan View. Fig. 3 is a detail plan view of the curtain rod. Fig. 41 is a. side elevation of the sash bracket-s.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, 1 represents an ordinary window frame with the upper sash 2 slidably mounted therein. Secured to the upper rail of said sash or to the upper portion of the vertical stiles thereof are brackets 8 which are ar ranged adjacent the sides of the sash, as shown, and have projecting laterally there from the bracket receiving tubes 4:. The tubes are so constructed that they will frictionally bind upon the brackets 5 so as to hold them in adjusted position toward and away from the frame, as will be readily understood. Each of these brackets 5 is simple in construction and is formed preferably from a single strand of heavy wire having a tube engaging end 6. The intermediate portion of the strand between its terminals is bent upwardly laterally and forwardly, as shown at 7 8 and 9 and the terminal end Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 24, 1913.

Patented Mar. 3, 1914:.

Serial No. 769,663.

then bent laterally and back upon itself in the form of a loop 10, each of which is pror vided with laterally extending studs 11 projecting from their terminals.

The portions 8 of the brackets have mechanism for adjustably mounting the shade roller 13. The curtain pole 1 1 is constructed of the tubular sections 15 having an open longitudinally extending notch 16 in one end with a plurality of transverse extensions 17 The opposite end is provided with a longitudinal notch 18 having a single transverse extension 19 adapted to be engaged by the pin or stud 11 on the terminal 10 of one of the brackets 5. The opposite section of the pole consists of a rod either of tubular or solid form and having a socket in the same to receive the terminal of the opposite bracket 5. This rod or socket member is also longitudinally slotted at its end, as shown at 20, and such slot has a. transverse extension 21 to be engaged by the pin or stud 11 in the bracket 5. The rod is also provided to permit a stud 22 to engage in the transverse extension 17 so as to hold the sections of the pole in adjusted position.

Securely mounted upon the portions 8 of the brackets are the shade holders 23 and 24: each consisting of a single piece of metal having an ear 25 bent over the portion 8 to form a sliding bar. The bodies of both of these parts have suitable apertures for the reception of an adjusting screw which permits the adjustment of the parts relative to each other for different lengths of shades. The member 2 1 is provided with flanges 26 to receive the body of the member 23 and both of the members are provided with laterally extending ears 27, one of which is provided with an aperture and the other with a slot, as is usual.

It will be noted that when the terminal ends of the bracket 5 are inserted in the sections of the curtain pole and the same locked against movement upon the brackets by having the lateral extensions in the end of the sections engaged by the pins 11 that the brackets will be held against turning in the tubes 4.

It will be noticed that with this type of construction that the curtain pole and window bracket may be adjusted to accommodate the device for varying widths of windows and that the pole and shade bracket may be adjusted independently of each other.

What is claimed is 1. A device of the class described comprising a pair of brackets, friction heads carried by the brackets, a second pair of brackets adjustably mounted in said heads, a curtain pole consisting of adjustably connected sections, said second brackets having inwardly turned ends adapted to fit into the ends of the sections of the curtain pole, a two-part shade bracket slidably mounted on the second bracket and means for adjusting the parts of the shade brackets independently of the curtain pole.

2. A device of the class described comprising a pair of brackets, friction heads carried by the brackets, a second pair of brackets adjustably mounted in said sleeves, a curtain pole consisting of adjustably connected sec tions freely slidable upon one another, said second brackets having inwardly turned ends adapted to fit freely into the sections of the curtain pole, a. two-part shade bracket having the ends freely slidably mounted upon the second brackets and means for adjustably connecting the parts of the curtain bracket together independently of the curtain pole. V v

In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

HARVEY A. MOWREY. VVitnesses':

J. WV. EzLL, R. J. DYGERT.

Copie: of thi; patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

